The rise of Hong Kong's wealthy families

Sunday, March 9

The Hong Kong government held a charity meeting, and celebrities from all walks of life in Hong Kong were invited to attend, and Ho Ka-ho was naturally among them.

There are a lot of luxury cars in front of the Peninsula Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui. The doorman wearing white gloves is opening the car door for the guests and greeting them with a smile.

There were many people gathered in the banquet hall. He Jiahao looked around and found a few familiar friends, so he went up to say hello and started chatting.

The charity meeting won't officially start until 8 o'clock, so they still have a lot of time to chat.

"This is my granddaughter, Luo Qiqi!" Luo Yan, chairman of Luo Shi Textile Co., Ltd., introduced everyone.

Luo Qiqi, born in 1959, graduated from New York University in the United States. She is very beautiful and a typical oriental beauty. She now works at Roche Company and is mainly responsible for administrative management.

Luo Qiqi greeted each one after Luo Yan's introduction, her eyes lingered on He Jiahao intentionally or unintentionally, and she seemed to be very interested in He Jiahao.

Although Luo Qiqi is very beautiful, He Jiahao has also seen many beauties. Now that Chen Yulian is pregnant again, she occasionally dates Guan Jiahui, and has no intention of looking for other women for the time being.

Luo Qiqi kept smiling beside her, listening to the tycoons talking about trivial matters.

When He Jiahao saw Zheng Jiachun and others appearing, he politely said, "You guys chat first, I'll go over there and say hello."

"What's wrong with you?" The tycoons naturally don't care about this.

"Brother Chun." He Jiahao walked over and greeted with a smile. It is easier to talk to relatively young people at this kind of banquet. Those old guys are all smart people and should speak carefully.

Zheng Jiachun looked at He Jiahao and said, "I just talked about you, and you came here."

"You're not saying bad things about me, are you?" He Jiahao said jokingly.

"I'm saying that you made Dagu Real Estate miserable. Is it true, as the news paper said, that the 'salty guy' Gu Zesun stole women from you again?" Chen Qizong joked that he is familiar with He Jiahao and knows that He Jiahao is a person who can joke.

He Jiahao smiled bitterly and said, "How did I get so many women? It's just that Dagu Real Estate cut off a lot of my land, so I gave them a lesson. Who knew that the Gu family would beat them up."

"Let me tell you, Ah Hao will not launch an acquisition case for no reason." Guo Binglian said from the side.

"How many were robbed?" Zheng Jiachun asked.

"It's about 300,000 square feet."

When everyone heard this figure, they took a breath. Although it was a joint development, they could still make hundreds of millions. The Gu family was ruthless, so no wonder He Jiahao did it to him.

"Hello everyone!" Suddenly a voice of the opposite sex came, making everyone turn their heads.

Zheng Jiachun and the others were a little confused. They didn't seem to recognize this woman. They looked at each other.

He Jiahao didn't know that these guys didn't know Luo Qiqi, so he didn't introduce her. The key is that he wasn't familiar with Luo Qiqi either.

"My name is Luo Qiqi." Luo Qiqi introduced herself.

At this time, He Jiahao realized that no one knew Luo Qiqi, and he was a little embarrassed for a moment, and then helpfully added, "The granddaughter of Mr. Luo Yan, the chairman of Luo Shi Textile Co., Ltd."

He Jiahao acted as a bridge and introduced Zheng Jiachun and others to Luo Qiqi.

"Where did you meet such a beautiful woman?" Chen Qizong whispered in He Jiahao's ear.

He Jiahao smiled and replied, "We just met, and it hasn't even been five minutes."

After everyone chatted for a while, the banquet was about to begin, so they kept quiet and waited.

"Gentlemen and ladies, you are welcome to attend." The host in the tuxedo began his opening remarks, speaking very excitedly.

Governor MacLehose gave a speech, followed by the president of the Charity Society.

Soon the second part began: the charity auction.

The first auction item is a tenement building next to Sha Tin Racecourse. It covers an area of ​​13,000 square feet and is 7 floors high. It was built in 1953 and has a history of 27 years. It also needs to be rebuilt.

".Auction price is 3 million yuan"

The land costs 230 yuan per square foot. The price is not high, but it is not very low either. The most important thing is that the Sha Tin Racecourse is still under construction and the traffic situation is disappointing. This is a land that is completely hopeless for the time being. Even the winner has to find a way. Prevent safety accidents in tenement buildings.

Therefore, many people looked at each other in confusion, unwilling to offend the Hong Kong government or take pictures of this useless thing.

In the end, a real estate developer with a good relationship with the Hong Kong government bought it, otherwise the Hong Kong government would be embarrassed.

The second auction item was a jade necklace donated by the Ho Tung family. The starting price was NT$500,000. The eyes of the ladies present were bright and they seemed not to care much about the price.

Luo Qiqi, who was sitting next to her, called out the price twice at first. When it reached 800,000, she silently put down her hand, obviously feeling it was too expensive.

In fact, things from such charity events are very expensive to auction, and not all the funds raised are used for charity. Although there are so-called supervisory agencies, fake accounts are so common that non-professional financial personnel will definitely check them. Not coming out.

Therefore, He Jiahao has no interest in the auction, so he might as well donate money directly.

He Jiahao did not sell the next few auction items.

Seeing this, Luo Qiqi asked with a smile, "Does He Sheng not have any favorite items?"

The beauty's smile was very healing, and He Jiahao had to smile and reply, "Not yet, good things may have to wait."

She nodded obediently, "Yes."

He Jiahao thought about it and said, "I think Miss Luo seems to like the jade necklace just now. There should be similar jewelry next. Will Miss Luo still bid?"

"I guess so, ladies all like jewelry." Luo Qiqi replied with a slight smile. The dimples on her cheeks were like twinkling stars, which was a little fascinating.

"Really? I'm a man who doesn't know much about these things, but after hearing what Miss Luo said, I'm going to consider buying one for my girlfriend." He Jiahao said jokingly.

"It seems that He Sheng is very good at coaxing his girlfriend." Luo Qiqi said with a normal expression.

"I can't say that I'm good at coaxing people, I'm just willing to learn."

"I'm so lucky to be He Sheng's girlfriend."

"The seventh lot is the Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain donated by Mr. Xu Zhantang. The starting price is 300,000 yuan."

The auctioneer's voice finally caught He Jiahao's attention.

Antiques from this era are highly collectible, and top-quality antiques may be worth more than a small company.

"The things I want to auction are finally out." He Jiahao smiled, raised his hands and shouted "400,000!"

Naturally, good things are not easy to come by, and soon someone offered 450,000 yuan. Then someone pushed the price up to 600,000 yuan.

Gradually the atmosphere of the auction reached a climax.

"800,000!" He Jiahao called out the price expressionlessly. He was not short of the money.

However, there were still people who were willing to follow the price, and finally won the Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain for 900,000 yuan.

Luo Qiqi raised her wine glass and said to He Jiahao, "Congratulations to He Sheng for taking a picture of a Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain!"

"Thank you!" He Jiahao and Luo Qiqi clinked their wine glasses.

After the auction, He Jiahao bought three pieces of porcelain calligraphy and painting for nearly two million, which can be regarded as a contribution to this charity event and at the same time, it gave face to the Football Association of Hong Kong.

Luo Qiqi bought a pearl necklace for 140,000 yuan.

As for Zheng Jiachun, Chen Qizong and others, they scrawled the price several times and took pictures of some garbage. According to them, the charity meeting is just for donating money. It doesn’t matter what you buy. What’s important is that you spend money and you donate. Money.

He Jiahao felt that this statement made sense, but was a bit straightforward.